Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 11, 2015

Retiring column discusses using professional services to make decisions on housing an aged loved one; points out that experts warn against waiting for medical emergency to start planning. MORE

Jul. 7, 2015

People over 75 years of age are increasingly becoming caregivers for elderly partners, siblings, friends or even parents; providing care can be particularly taxing for elderly. MORE

Mar. 14, 2015

Ann Carrns Your Money Adviser column offers tips for filing taxes for families that employ babysitters, in-home caregivers or housekeepers, who may be considered employees rather than independent contractors. MORE

Jan. 31, 2015

Retiring column; crowdfunding sites have become more popular for family members who are faced with unexpected costs of medical, nursing home and at-home care; experts say fundraising for unusual expenses generally is more successful. MORE

Jan. 26, 2015

New York nursing homes are now routinely leveraging state's guardianship statute as they seek to force families to pay bills; law, which transfer's a person's legal rights and decision-making power to a court appointee, was originally intended to protect those who are incapable of managing their own affairs; nursing homes are now using the statute instead as a powerful debt collection tool in compelling families to pay disputed bills. MORE

Jan. 18, 2015

Op-Ed article by author Jennifer Weiner describes being shocked to discover that her grandmother was being shunned by her neighbors in independent living facility; notes that cliques in the facility formed around age groups, with younger residents avoiding older ones. MORE

Oct. 4, 2014

Editorial decries flaws in medical system, including Medicare and Medicaid, that make it difficult for patients to obtain quality end-of-life services; welcomes changes being rolled out by New York State and Institute of Medicine intended to help protect patient rights and improve access to community and home care. MORE

Sep. 26, 2014

Institute of Medicine report calls for fundamental overhaul of country's end-of-life care; highlights plight of Maureen Stefanides and her unsuccessful struggle against the health care system to fulfill her father Joseph Andrey's dearest wish to die at home. MORE

Aug. 4, 2014

It’s not a sign of weakness to move a loved one with advancing dementia to a nursing home. But it isn’t easy to find a place that offers the services and environment that the patient needs. MORE

Jul. 20, 2014

Op-Ed article by geriatrics Prof Louise Aronson calls for research on and development of robot caregivers for the elderly; contends need for such caregivers stems from lack of qualified and willing humans to do the job. MORE

Jun. 19, 2014

California-based Select Home Care faces array of both federal and state regulatory changes to way its nonmedical caregivers are compensated, and owner Dylan Hull is considering three ways to rethink his business model. MORE

May. 9, 2014

Ambitious Medicaid overhaul in New York has shifted $6 billion in public spending on long-term services for disabled and aged people to managed care companies; state's goal was savings but changes set off scramble among companies and service providers to enroll clients requiring minimal care and many frail people with greater needs were dropped. MORE

Feb. 15, 2014

Childless retirees reaching their twilight years do not have default option of relying on children for help, and therefore must have a plan for late-life decisions and and make it known. MORE

Jan. 15, 2014

Elder care issues in the United States are playing out with particular resonance for many Asian-Americans struggling to abide by a strong code under which they are commonly expected to care for their parents at home; few institutions are prepared to help such families because of language barriers and lack of cross-cultural training, underscoring the need for culturally competent elder care services for Asian-Americans. MORE

Nov. 20, 2013

Caring for aging parents at a distance is great challenge for grown children; adult children who have overseen their parents’ care say that besides physical and emotional strains, there are financial effects that can include a loss of job mobility. MORE

Nov. 2, 2013

VNSNY Choice, part of Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the largest managed long-term care agency in New York, agrees to repay $33.6 million to state's Medicaid program; agency has admitted to improper billings linked to use of social adult day care centers by enrolling ineligible members. MORE

Sep. 18, 2013

Obama administration announces it is extending minimum wage and overtime protections to nation's nearly two million home care workers; they will now be covered by Fair Labor Standards Act, but change will not go into effect until 2015. MORE

Jul. 29, 2012

Bruce Feiler This Life column discusses the parallels between caring for children and caring for aging parents. MORE

Jul. 25, 2012

Office and laboratory building nearing completion in the central business district of Louisville, Ky, signals the expansion of the area's large new economic sector; 200,000 square-foot building will be the fourth, and largest, in the city's Nucleus Innovation Park, where the focus is on promoting new companies involved in care for older people; Louisville is taking the lead in the area of elder care. MORE

Jun. 14, 2012

Millions of baby boomers caring for elderly parents are seeing their stories chronicled in a wave of recent magazine articles as members of their generation reach out to bond during a painful and difficult stage of life. MORE

Nov. 1, 2011

Nursing homes across the country are opening 'Green Houses', domestic facilities where small number of elderly are cared for in more personal manner; movement's proponents say de-institutionalization of assisted living has potential to greatly improve quality of life. MORE

Oct. 25, 2011

News analysis; new health care law which would have given 50 dollars a day to help middle class families provide home care to disabled family members, and those suffering from dementia, dies quiet death in troubled political environment; law's failure leaves millions of such Americans to fend for their relatives themselves, an often crippling economic burden. MORE

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July 22, 2015, Wednesday

Doris Ranzman had followed the expert advice, planning ahead in case she wound up unable to care for herself one day. But when a nursing-home bill tops $14,000 a month, the best-laid plans get tossed aside.